Consistent with the condition set forth in the Senate resolution of
advice and consent to ratification of the Protocols to the North
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Albania of
September 25, 2008, and based on the recommendation of the Department of
State, I hereby certify to the Senate that:

(i) the inclusion of the Republic of Albania in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) will not have the effect of increasing the
overall percentage share of the United States in the common budgets of
NATO; and

(ii) the inclusion of the Republic of Albania in NATO does not detract
from the ability of the United States to meet or to fund its military
requirements outside the North Atlantic area.